It’s been more than a month since Russia laid siege to Ukraine. Their brutal and unrelenting attacks have crumbled historic buildings, laid waste to fertile ground, and devastated families, particularly in Ukraine’s eastern and southern regions. Seventy percent of the entrepreneurs HOPE Ukraine serves live and work in these regions. We’ve spent the last...
Several weeks ago, I had the opportunity to celebrate HOPE’s 15th anniversary in Ukraine. It was a period of rejoicing. But I was amazed to look back and see the significant issues HOPE Ukraine overcame during its first year. It all started in 1997 when a homebuilder and a chiropractor joined forces to start...
HOPE’s mission is to invest in the dreams of the poor. But it wasn’t always that way. Before HOPE’s founding, we overlooked the simplest part of providing a service—asking our customers what they wanted. “No More Handouts” HOPE was founded out of unsuccessful charity. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, people in Ukraine...